Age Appropriate Chart

Are you wondering when might be a good time to start working on a sound with your kiddo? You're in the right spot. Keep reading.

One of the most recent, and in-depth, studies on the age at which kids begin to get their sounds right was published by McCleod and Crowe (2018, find it here). The study showed us that children make their sounds correctly 75% of the time when they are in the following age ranges:


Sound

Example

Range Start

Range End

S

sun

18 months

5 years

L

leaf

19 months

6 years

R

red

23 months

5½ years

TH voiced

the

24 months

8 years

TH unvoiced

thanks

28 months

8½ years

It is recommended that you wait until your child is within the age range before attempting to work with them on a specific sound.


The sounds listed above are either already published in the course or coming soon. If you are trying to find information about a sound not listed above please visit my Instagram or Facebook and follow along. I post regularly about these topics as well as helpful tips and tricks for speech and language development.